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And when a female (bot) asks the male (victim) if he’s verified, he may be more interested in following through to do so, because it could lead to a date.

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Some of the sites reference “date codes,” which are purportedly codes you can provide your date so they can confirm you’re a verified Tinder user. Symantec said they found 13 different “Tinder Safe Dating” websites in the wild, and reported them.

The sites used “Tinder” in their domain name and would use Tinder’s logo and font to make them seem official.

Verification is a much-desired feature on many social media services today.

Public figures and other celebrities on Facebook and Instagram are offered a blue checkmark alongside their name so you know which accounts are legitimate.

If the user doesn’t cancel the trial, they’ll be charged 8.76 per month.

The scammers earn a commission on the sign-ups, which is the reason the scam exists in the first place.

Meanwhile, Twitter finally opened up its verification system to all users, making its coveted checkmark something attainable by the masses, where before it was handled manually and at the company’s discretion, making for a fairly large group of users who felt slighted when requests were ignored.